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` Patented Jan. 15,1918.

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v STATES PATENT- nnsm E rnINNEY, or Naw YORK,4 N.V Y., MACHINE COMPANY. or NEW YORK, N.

SIGNOR, ro' MONaOE eALoULArrING CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

cALcuriarI-NG-Macrrmn it may concern:

. Be it known Vthat I, EDGAR E. PHINNEY,

New York, in the county of New York and State of' New- York, have made a certain new anduseful .Invention in Calculating- -Machines; and I declare the, following to be afull, clear, and exact 'description of the same, suchas will enable'others skilled and u se the invention, reference being had .tothe accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,- `which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a -side view of the invention.

F ig. 2 is. a-detail side view .of one of the levers carrying theselecting-wheels, the op' ei'ating cam therefor, and adjacents parts.

lFig. 3 is a section on the 1ne;3-3, Fig` 2, The invention has relation to calculating machines of the type shownin the reissure patent to Baldwin, 13,841, dated December 8, 1914, and includingeertain of the modi- 1'917. ts object is mainly to provide for continuous rotation ofthe select' gears and to reduce the gear ratio, avoidin theA knock consequent upon the intermittent The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.. r

In the' accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the numeral 11 designates N the casing; 2 the transversely shiftable carriage wherein the registering wheels 13 and 440 89 are located; 3 4the operatingy handle; 4

the shaft carrying the selecting or primary wheels; 12V the intermediate gears;l 18 the depres'sble keys, a`nd 73vthe shaft of the and thedogsj. -I l Meansare provided to move the shaft 4 and theselectmg wheels thereon away from the intermediate gears after the selecting .wheels have been turned to setaip the numbers of fthe problem upon the intermediate gears, and prior to-the effective action of the carrying mechanism, this' arrangement allowing for` greater compactness' of design.

Said means consists preferably of levers 15', wherein the shaft 4; is journaled at lts ends,

a. citizen -of the United States, `resident of :in the art to which it appertains tomake;

fications thereof shown inthe .patent to Phinne No. 1,220, 545, dated March '27,

bearing the radial arms y.

.prior to the o l vapeeiii'eatioii'of Letters maar. Patetd Jam/'15, 1918. Application led Jliily 2G, 1916. Serial No. 110,338.: l l

said levers being-` respectively fulcrumed intermediately of their -length's -at- 161 to the. s1de-p1ates Vof the casing and havingeach an arm provided with outwardly extending branches 17- carrying' at their extremities anti-frictionxrollers 17'; and Icams 19, located at the endsof and fast upon the shaft 73 of the carrying mechanism, and against the f peripheral surfaces, respectively, of which said rollers bear. f

In the rotatiomofithe cams, the carrying levers 15 will be rocked first to one' side of the normal position shownin full lines, Fig. 2, to move the shaft 4 and theselecting wheels toward the intermediate'gears(dotted llneflpiosition,` Fig, and, aft'e'r'the selects.:

ing Wheels have been turnedto'setfuplfthe '1 levers, the shaft and the Wheels'being rockedtothe-other side Ofnormal position, full-,ing

out of meshwith the'intermediate gearsrio ation of the carrying mech.- 80

anism, and a r the carrying has been per-4 formed rocked back again to normal@4 4 The driving connection between the operating handle 3 and the shafts 4 and 73 is` preferably` sprocket gear, beine a ,sprocket chain 20 engaging a sprocketwieel 21 uponthe shaft of said handle, a sprocket wheel- 22having the same numberof teeth uponV the shaft of the carrying mechanism and a sprocket wheel 23 having the same numberI of teeth upon the shaft of the.selecti ng wheels, an idler sprocket wheel 24; being emily ployed in. a bend of the'chain, in conlec' tion WithSuita-ble means 25 forl moving-:said

idlei` wheel to adjust the tension oftlie. ,"chain. 95

The means 25 usually consists of a lever 2 6, pivoted intermedia-tclyf4 of its lefigtli ai' 27 to the side plate of the casing. one arm of said lever having a stud 28 upon which the idler is journaledlan ad'ilsting screw 28'4 100 bearing `a`g`ainSE`the the`ariii of said lever` and a spring-pressed block 29 bearing. against said screw to hold the adjustment.n

In the movement of the' selecting wheels into mesh with the intermediate gears and 4105 back again tonormal position, the sprocketV wheel 2 3 .upon the shaft fl will movctlir with', tlie idler 24 so spaced as n interfere'.

"In the operation-of the machine;ifoieaddlas i tionv and "multiplication, the handle 3 is rotated once completely to the right, or clockwise.- During. the first -half of this rotation the cams 19 will first bring the se* -lecting wheels' into'mesh with the intermediate gears, 'and said wheels-will be rotated once completely, to rotate the intermediate gears'andtherebythe registering wheels to ent hereinbefore referredto, the operating handle will first be moved one half-turn tothe right or .left,'as 4the case may be, if

4 necessary, Ato reach the required starting.

position.'

v The idler sprocket'wheel 2 4 -is located below the sprocket wheel 23 upon the shaftof the selectingwheels, the driving chain ina downwardly extending loop or n ythence to thewheel 21, so that free move' mentlhodilyswill be` allowed the wheel -23 without interference with the driving engagement of the chain with thewheel 23 or creati' slack in the chain.

This idler is Aalso used as stated in adjusting -the tension of the chain.

claim: i

1. In a calculating machine, registering wheels, selecting wheels and carrying members actuatin' the' registering wheels, an operating sha means for driving said operating shaft, saidcarrying members and said selecting wheels continuously durin the movementof the operating shaft, an means operating in connection therewith for moving the selecting wheelsbodily with respect to said registering wheels.

` 2. In a calculating machine, registering wheels, selecting wheels and carrying 'members actuatin the registering wheels, an operating sha t, means for driving said operating shaft, said carrylngmembers and said selecting Wheels continuously during themovement of the `operating shaft, and means operating in connection therewlth for bodily moving the selecting wheels intermittently toward and away from said regis:4

tering wheels.-

wheels, selecting wheels and carrying members actuating .the registering wheels, an op- #'55 selecting wheels continuously during the 'iset upgthe numbersof the problem, and in turn-to the right. As described :in the patrom-the wheel v24:,to said idler and 3. In' a calculating machine, registeringA movement of the operating shaft, and camoperated` means operating connection therewith for moving the .selecting wheels bodily with respect to the registering wheels. 4. In a calculating machine, vregistering wheels, selecting wheels and carrying members actuating the registering wheels, an operating shaft, a continuous chain drive connection between said operating shaft, said carrying .members and said selecting wheels, and means operating in connection therewith for moving the selecting wheels bodily with respect to the registering wheels.

l5. In a calculating machine, registering wheels,'intermediate gears, pivoted arms, a

movement .ofthe operating shaft, and cam means operating in connection therewith for moving said pivoted arms and the selector shaft and its wheels bodily with respect to theintermediate gears.

6. In a calculating machine, registering wheels, selecting wheels andcarrying members actuating the registerin wheels, an operating shaft, a continuous rive connection between said operating shaft, said carrying members and said selecting wheels, inc1uding sprocket wheels upon .the selector shaft,

the carryin shaft and upon the operating shaft, an i er sprocket wheel-and a chain engaging the sprocket wheels, and means operating in connection therewith for moving the selector shaft and its wheels bodily with respect to the vregisteringwheels, said chain vhaving a bend therein in which said idler is located.

7. In a calculating machine, registering wheels, pivoted arms having branched ends carrying anti-friction rollers, a shaft mounted in said arms, selecting wheels upon said shaft, carrying members, said selecting "wheels and carrying members adapted to. actuate the registering wheels, an o erating shaft, sprocket 'wheels upon the s afts of the-selecting wheels and of the carrying members and upon the operating shaft, a chain engaging the sprocket wheels, and

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cams upon the shaft of the carrying. members engaging saidanti-friction rollers t0 move the selecting wheelsbodily' with respect to the registering wheels.

8. In a calculating machine, registering wheels, intermediate' gears, pivoted armshaving branched ends carrying anti-friction rollers, a shaft mounted in said arms, selecting wheels upon said shaft, carrying' mem-v bers,l said selecting wheels' and carrying 10 bodily with respect to the intermediate., gears, said chain havingn bend therein in ate ears, un operating shaft, sprocket whees upon the shafts of the" selecting wheels and of the carrying members and upon the operating shaft, andy an idler sprocket wheel, a chain engaging the sprocket wheels, and cams upon the shaft of the carrying members enga ing seid antifriction roilers to move the se eetmg wheels which said idler is located.

9. In a calculating machine, registering wheels, selecting Wheels and carryingmembers actuatin the registering wheels, lan o erating Vsha t, a continuous drive connec- 'tion between said'operating shaft, said carrying members and said selecting wheels, in

members adapted to aetuate the'intermedi-- EDGAR E. PHINNEY.

WVitnesses `WALTER J. BURCHETI, FRANKLIN O. AXELBY. 

